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A 39-year-old woman was charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in an Allentown home last week, according to court records. Rachel Warris, of the 600 block of Dixon Street, was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16 years old, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and indecent assault. She was arraigned Thursday by District Judge Daniel Trexler and sent to Lehigh County Jail under $50,000 bail. Allentown police said they received a report of sexual abuse on Feb. 12. The boy was interviewed in the Child and Youth Services office and told a police detective Warris touched him inappropriately, took off his pants and sexually assaulted...

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A 39-year-old woman was charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in an Allentown home last week, according to court records.Rachel Warris, of the 600 block of Dixon Street, was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse...

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